BioWare, a video game division of Electronic Arts, announced on Thursday that the North American distributor Funimation and the Japanese studio T.O. Entertainment agreed to produce an "anime feature film" based on BioWare's Mass Effect science-fiction role-playing game (RPG) franchise. The movie is already in production, and the producers aim to release the project via digital means and home video in the summer of 2012. T.O. Entertainment's other projects include Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts and Bungaku Shoujo.

Funimation announced last year that it was working with BioWare to create an anime film based on BioWare's popular Dragon Age action RPG franchise. In the new press release, Funimation President and CEO Gen Fukunaga reports production is "underway" on that film project as well.

The first Mass Effect videogame is set in the year 2183, when humans explore the galaxy and has made contact with alien species. The player controls the protagonist, a human soldier named Commander Shepard, whose skills and appearance are customizable. Throughout the game, Shepard works to save organic life from a threat known as the Reapers, a machine race which sows destruction throughout the galaxy. BioWare released the first game for the Xbox 360 on November 20, 2007, with a PC version released on May 28, 2008. A sequel titled Mass Effect 2 was released on the PC, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3 consoles this past January.

Electronic Arts' BioWare game studio and the North American anime distributor Funimation have announced on Monday that they are collaborating on what they describe as an "anime feature film" based on BioWare's fantasy action role-playing game franchise Dragon Age. The film is slated to ship on home video in 2011. The film's executive producers are BioWare's Executive Producer Mark Darrah and Creative Director Mike Laidlaw, as well as FUNimation's president and CEO Gen Fukunaga and Director of Original Entertainment Chris Moujaes.

The film will be the first title from Funimation's Original Entertainment team and its co-production initiative.

The Japanese film production company T.O. Entertainment has announced on Friday that Fumihiko Sori, the director of the computer-animated Vexille - 2077 Isolation of Japan and the manga-based live-action Ping Pong, will helm the previously revealed anime film version of BioWare's Dragon Age role-playing games. T.O. Entertainment is working with the film studio Oxybot (Sori's Vexille and To projects) and the North American anime distributor Funimation.

The film will be the first title from Funimation's Original Entertainment team and its co-production initiative. The original fantasy action role-playing game franchise has sold 4 million copies worldwide. Funimation will release the feature-length film on DVD in North America at the end of 2011, and it will also handle DVD distribution in other countries except Japan. The film is slated for a theatrical release in Japan.

Sori was also a producer of the first computer-animated Appleseed film. Funimation licensed Vexille for North America even before the film opened in Japan, and it also licensed Ichi, Sori's live-action film that re-imagines the legendary blind swordman Zatoichi as female. After Vexille and Ichi, Sori directed To, the computer-animated adaptation of two science-fiction stories from Yukinobu Hoshino's 2001 Nights manga.

In a time of darkness and barbarism, the Chantry has arisen—a religious order seeking to bring stability
to a world corrupted by sinister magic. Led by the Divine, the Chantry’s Templar warriors ruthlessly restrain
the Mages and their magical cabals. But when the Templars fail, the most elite order of the Chantry takes charge—the Seekers!

i dunno why the whole doooh awww (moan) its anime is all about. have ya seen the marvel comics animes? they are fricken sweet. The good old adult type x-men toon we used to watch was done with jap animators( n saban).

some anime i like some i dont, but i aint gonna generalize all of it. Street fighter II the animated movie. was fuckin brilliant.

past the animation style all in all.. Even disney used japanese artist... i think alot of people like anime because it has a glint of intelligence.

The official Japanese website for the Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker (Dragon Age: Blood Mage no Seisen) began streaming a 32-second trailer on Thursday, and the site also announced that the film will open in 12 Japanese theaters on February 11.

The film adapts BioWare and Electronic Arts' fantasy action role-playing game franchise Dragon Age. It was originally slated to ship on home video in North America this year, but has since been delayed to next year. Director Fumihiko Sori and the studio Oxybot are working on the computer-animated project after previously collaborating on Vexille - 2077 Isolation of Japan and To. Jeffrey Scott wrote the script, and Daisuke Nakayama (Tweeny Witches) designed the characters. Tetsuya Takahashi (Appleseed , Halo Legends, To, Resident Evil: Degeneration) composed the music, while Koji Kasamatsu (Afro Samurai, Appleseed, Halo Legends, To) served as the sound designer.

Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker will be the first title from Funimation's Original Entertainment team and its co-production initiative. The film's executive producers are BioWare's Executive Producer Mark Darrah and Creative Director Mike Laidlaw, as well as FUNimation's president and CEO Gen Fukunaga and Director of Original Entertainment Chris Moujaes. T.O Entertainment, Inc. is distributing the film in Japan.

Actress Chiaki Kuriyama (Battle Royale, Kill Bill, The Sky Crawlers), singer/actor Gackt (Shiki, Supernatural: The Anime Series, Sket Dance), and actor Shosuke Tanihara (Vexille, The Sky Crawlers, Pokémon the Movie: Black - Victini and Reshiram) will voice next year's Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker (Dragon Age: Blood Mage no Seisen) film. Kuriyama will play the knight heroine Cassandra Pentaghast in this computer-animated film based on an role-playing game, while Tanihara will play a mage named Regalyan D'Marcall. Gackt will play a Knight-Commander and contribute the theme song "Until the Last Day."

The film serves as a prologue to the second game in BioWare and Electronic Arts' fantasy game franchise Dragon Age. Director Fumihiko Sori (Ichi, Ashita no Joe, Ping Pong) and the studio Oxybot are working together after previously collaborating on Vexille - 2077 Isolation of Japan and To. The first game shipped in 2009 and has since sold over 6 million copies worldwide.

Cassandra will be Kuriyama's first lead role in an animated feature, although she played the character Midori Mitsuya in The Sky Crawlers alongside Tanihara (Naofumi Tokino). The voice cast was announced during a presentation on Tuesday. The presentation was held in a Tokyo church to invoke the game franchise's story setting; in the games, the world is ruled by the religious organization Chantry.

Jeffrey Scott of the original game wrote the film's script, and Daisuke Nakayama (Tweeny Witches) designed the characters. Tetsuya Takahashi (Appleseed , Halo Legends, To, Resident Evil: Degeneration) composed the music, while Koji Kasamatsu (Afro Samurai, Appleseed, Halo Legends, To) served as the sound designer.

T.O. Entertainment began streaming the full 106-second trailer for Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker (Dragon Age: Blood Mage no Seisen), the CG film based on BioWare and Electronic Arts' fantasy game franchise Dragon Age, on Thursday. The film will open in Japan on February 11.

The film serves as a prologue to next year's Dragon Age II. Director Fumihiko Sori (Ichi, Ashita no Joe, Ping Pong) and the studio Oxybot are working together after previously collaborating on Vexille - 2077 Isolation of Japan and To. Jeffrey Scott of the original game wrote the film's script, and Daisuke Nakayama (Tweeny Witches) designed the characters. Tetsuya Takahashi (Appleseed , Halo Legends, To, Resident Evil: Degeneration) is composing the music, while Koji Kasamatsu (Afro Samurai, Appleseed, Halo Legends, To) serves as the sound designer.

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The official website for Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker (Dragon Age: Blood Mage no Seisen), the CG film based on BioWare and Electronic Arts' fantasy game franchise Dragon Age, began streaming the first English-language production update video on Friday. The video contains some new footage from the film as well as storyboards.

The film serves as a prologue to the Dragon Age II game sequel. Director Fumihiko Sori (Ichi, Ashita no Joe, Ping Pong) and the studio Oxybot are working together after previously collaborating on Vexille - 2077 Isolation of Japan and To. Jeffrey Scott of the original game wrote the film's script, and Daisuke Nakayama (Tweeny Witches) designed the characters. Tetsuya Takahashi (Appleseed , Halo Legends, To, Resident Evil: Degeneration) is composing the music, while Koji Kasamatsu (Afro Samurai, Appleseed, Halo Legends, To) serves as the sound designer.

The Japanese studio T.O. Entertainment began streaming a 22-second television commercial on Monday for Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker (Dragon Age: Blood Mage no Seisen), the CG anime film based on BioWare and Electronic Arts' fantasy game franchise Dragon Age. The video features the theme song "Until the Last Day" performed by the singer/actor Gackt.

The film serves as a prologue to the Dragon Age II game sequel. Director Fumihiko Sori (Ichi, Ashita no Joe, Ping Pong) and the studio Oxybot are working together after previously collaborating on Vexille - 2077 Isolation of Japan and To. Jeffrey Scott of the original game wrote the film's script, and Daisuke Nakayama (Tweeny Witches) designed the characters. Tetsuya Takahashi (Appleseed , Halo Legends, To, Resident Evil: Degeneration) is composing the music, while Koji Kasamatsu (Afro Samurai, Appleseed, Halo Legends, To) serves as the sound designer.